Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell

By Gordon Campbell

I have been examining court thrillers in recent years and had excessive hopes for this one according to the confident Amazon reports. regrettably, it grew to become out to be a dud. The writing is pedestrian and uninspired. The characters lack intensity. The conversation is stiff and phony. the tale is hackneyed. I post with those weaknesses for your time, hoping that the plot could spread quick adequate to hook me. yet having reached the 30% mark with no feeling in any respect engaged, i made a decision to finish the torture and circulate directly to whatever else. to place my response in context, i locate it both very unlikely to learn Grisham's books, that have constantly struck me as third-rate. if you are a Grisham fan, you could reply extra definitely to Gordon Campbell than I did.

in case you are trying to find a great court mystery that grabs you by way of the throat, attempt anything by way of Joseph Teller, who really is aware what he is conversing approximately. His debut novel, The 10th Case, is a compelling yarn that works fantastically correct up until eventually the climactic end, which moves the one fake notice within the tale. His moment attempt, Bronx Justice (Jaywalker), is additionally a gripping learn and has the advantage of being drawn from the author's personal adventure as a tender trial attorney. Gordon Campbell, for my part, isn't any Joseph Teller.

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Chet Johnson was busy working 27 G ORDON C AMP B E LL for Gallagher. Ronnie Talbot was in a trial with Walter Smith. ” Morgan belched emphatically. I looked over to where Winthrop North sat alone with his glass of milk. I watched him for a long moment, then felt the words come up and out of my mouth. “I’d like to do it,” I offered tentatively. It became as quiet as when we learned that Travis Eddington was dead. “I’ll do it,” I declared, a little more forcefully. “Can’t do it, Doug,” Morgan finally responded.

I know,” I said. ” “That’s right,” said Chet. “I met her once. I can tell you she’s still a very foxy lady. But I’ll tell you this, too. If Frankie walked into a bar and started talking, sailors would run out. Paul Butler tried to take that picture down when he first came here, and his father told him if he tried it again, he was out of the firm. ” “I love him. I’d carry his briefcase to the end of the world. He’ll treat you like a mushroom occasionally, but he’ll take the time to teach you things, and he’s the best guy I’ve ever worked for.

We slid inside, and I flinched when the door slammed shut behind us. “I think you’ve booked a woman named Rita Eddington. ” Albert sat behind a large double pane of glass on a swivel chair surrounded by gray steel desks and a telephone switchboard. He wore the beige-and-brown uniform of the Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Department. “She’s here. ” Another buzzer went off, and the steel door to our right opened. “Come on in, Dan,” said the captain. ” We followed the captain of the jail, a bulky man with a crew cut, whose name was Ed Brady.

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